Farmer Lopito
Evangelista, 44, a resident of Barangay Cadaclan, Pantabangan town was found hanging
from a mango tree. A suicide note was found among his personal belongings.

Police said Quiambao
was on the barangay drug watchlist while Evangelista surrendered under Oplan
Tokhang recently.

In Pangasinan,
Alfredo Castro and Domingo Flores, 45, were gunned down in Binmaley and Sta.
Barbara towns, respectively, on Monday afternoon. Police said the fatalities
were on the barangay drug watchlist.

Barangay officials nabbed in Isabela

Kyle Bryan Andres,
31, councilman of Barangay Disimpit, was arrested in a sting in Barangay
Uno in Jones, Isabela on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, three more
bodies, said to be Taiwanese nationals, were found at a sugarcane
plantation in Barangay Maliwalo, Bacolor at about 6 a.m.

Police have yet to
determine whether the killings were drug-related.

Bulacan cops shot, injured

In Bulacan, Police
Officer 3 Auster Bolina of the Meycauayan police and a man who has yet to be
identified were wounded in an alleged shootout in Barangay Malhacan in
Meycauyan City before dawn Thursday.

Senior Supt. Romeo
Caramat, Bulacan police acting director, said Meycauayan police officers were
patrolling the area after receiving reports on the sale of illegal drugs when
four men fired at them.

Bolina was taken to
Sta. Maria General Hospital for treatment.

Senior Police Officer
1 Dominador Mag-uyon of the Bulacan Provincial Public Safety Co. was walking in
Barangay Bangcal in Meycauayan City when unidentified motorcycle-riding men
shot him at around 2 p.m., said Senior Superintendent Romeo Caramat, Bulacan
police acting director.

Caramat said Mag-uyon
was accused of collecting protection money from drug pushers.

In San Ildefonso
town, a man who has yet to be identified was dumped along the road in Barangay
Pasong Bangkal before dawn Tuesdasy.

The body bore gunshot
wounds and a placard identifying him as a drug pusher. His face was covered
with packing tape. – With reports from, Raymund Catindig, Francis Elevado,
Manny Galvez, Eva Visperas